Patents by Inventor Osamu Hiruta

Osamu Hiruta has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11201330
    Abstract: A power storage device electrode includes a layered structure having an organic framework layer containing aromatic dicarboxylic acid anions and an alkali metal element layer in which alkali metal elements are coordinated to oxygen atoms contained in the carboxylic acid anion to form a framework as an electrode active material, and in the whole of the electrode active material, a conductive material and a water-soluble polymer, carboxymethyl cellulose as the water-soluble polymer is contained in a range of 1.5 mass % or more and 3.5 mass % or less. In addition, the layered structure is produced by a spray drying method, and the peak intensity ratio when the power storage device electrode is subjected to X-ray diffraction measurement satisfies a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ogihara, Osamu Hiruta, Yukiyoshi Ueno
  • Publication number: 20200106100
    Abstract: A power storage device electrode includes a layered structure having an organic framework layer containing aromatic dicarboxylic acid anions and an alkali metal element layer in which alkali metal elements are coordinated to oxygen atoms contained in the carboxylic acid anion to form a framework as an electrode active material, and in the whole of the electrode active material, a conductive material and a water-soluble polymer, carboxymethyl cellulose as the water-soluble polymer is contained in a range of 1.5 mass % or more and 3.5 mass % or less. In addition, the layered structure is produced by a spray drying method, and the peak intensity ratio when the power storage device electrode is subjected to X-ray diffraction measurement satisfies a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhiro OGIHARA, Osamu HIRUTA, Yukiyoshi UENO
  • Patent number: 9209462
    Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery with excellent durability is provided using a two-phase coexisting compound as a positive electrode active material. This lithium-ion secondary battery is provided with an electrode body having a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material and a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt in an organic solvent. The positive electrode active material is mainly composed of a two-phase coexisting compound containing lithium, and also contains particles of a lithium-transition metal oxide with a layered structure. The particles of the layered oxide have an average particle diameter of 2 ?m or less, and the percentage content thereof in the positive electrode active material is 5 mass % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Tomitaro Hara, Akira Tsujiko, Sachie Yuasa, Takahito Imamine, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Yuichi Itou, Youji Takeuchi, Osamu Hiruta, Chikaaki Okuda, Mamoru Mizutani, Hiroshi Sawada
  • Patent number: 9184446
    Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery provided by the present invention has a positive electrode having a current collector and a positive electrode composite layer provided on the current collector. The current collector contains a metal element A as a main component thereof. The positive electrode composite layer contains a two-phase compound containing lithium as a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode composite layer also contains as an additive a compound having a metal element B, in a composition thereof, that has a higher ionization tendency than the metal element A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomitaro Hara, Akira Tsujiko, Sachie Yuasa, Takahito Imamine, Yuichi Itou, Hiroshi Sawada, Chikaaki Okuda, Osamu Hiruta, Mamoru Mizutani
  • Patent number: 8507130
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water based lithium secondary battery that can inhibit deteriorations in capacity owing to charge-and-discharge operations and maintain a high capacity even after it is charged and discharged repeatedly. The water based lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator 4 sandwiched between these, and an aqueous electrolyte solution obtained by dissolving an electrolyte made of a lithium salt in a water based solvent. As the water based solvent, a pH buffer solution is employed. The buffer solution is obtained by dissolving an acid and its conjugate base's salt, a base and its conjugate acid's salt, a salt made from a weak acid and a strong base, a salt made from a weak base and a strong acid, or a salt made from a weak acid and a weak base in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Hiroki Kondo, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Osamu Hiruta, Yuichi Itou, Chikaaki Okuda, Youji Takeuchi, Yoshio Ukyo
  • Publication number: 20130059199
    Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery with excellent durability is provided using a two-phase coexisting compound as a positive electrode active material. This lithium-ion secondary battery is provided with an electrode body having a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material and a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt in an organic solvent. The positive electrode active material is mainly composed of a two-phase coexisting compound containing lithium, and also contains particles of a lithium-transition metal oxide with a layered structure. The particles of the layered oxide have an average particle diameter of 2 ?m or less, and the percentage content thereof in the positive electrode active material is 5 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Tomitaro Hara, Akira Tsujiko, Sachie Yuasa, Takahito Imamine, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Yuichi Itou, Youji Takeuchi, Osamu Hiruta, Chikaaki Okuda, Mamoru Mizutani, Hiroshi Sawada
  • Publication number: 20130045417
    Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery provided by the present invention has a positive electrode having a current collector and a positive electrode composite layer provided on the current collector. The current collector contains a metal element A as a main component thereof. The positive electrode composite layer contains a two-phase compound containing lithium as a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode composite layer also contains as an additive a compound having a metal element B, in a composition thereof, that has a higher ionization tendency than the metal element A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomitaro Hara, Akira Tsujiko, Sachie Yuasa, Takahito Imamine, Yuichi Itou, Hiroshi Sawada, Chikaaki Okuda, Osamu Hiruta, Mamoru Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20100136427
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water based lithium secondary battery that can inhibit deteriorations in capacity owing to charge-and-discharge operations and maintain a high capacity even after it is charged and discharged repeatedly. The water based lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator sandwiched between these, and an aqueous electrolyte solution obtained by dissolving an electrolyte made of a lithium salt in a water based solvent. As the water based solvent, a pH buffer solution is employed. The buffer solution is obtained by dissolving an acid and its conjugate base's salt, a base and its conjugate acid's salt, a salt made from a weak acid and a strong base, a salt made from a weak base and a strong acid, or a salt made from a weak acid and a weak base in water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Hiroki Kondo, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Osamu Hiruta, Yuichi Itou, Chikaaki Okuda, Youji Takeuchi, Yoshio Ukyo
  • Patent number: 5356805
    Abstract: An enzyme produced by a microorganism belonging to the genus Myrothecium hydrolyzes .gamma.-polyglutamic acid with an endo action to produce oligoglutamic acid consisting of 2 to 4 glutamic acid residues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Tanaka, Makoto Taniguchi, Osamu Hiruta, Kazumichi Uotani
  • Patent number: 4594112
    Abstract: A coating composition comprises a film forming component including resin and 0.05 to 20% by weight, based on 100% by weight of the film forming component, of at least one hydroxide selected from among calcium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide and zinc hydroxide. The coating composition gives excellent resistance to filiform corrosion to an article under high humidity and under a long term exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chou Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Moriji Kurobe, Toshima Araga, Osamu Hiruta